Erte (French, 1892-1990) is a designer and sculptor born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 23, 1892. Erte is a pseudonym for Romain de Tirtoff, and is the French pronunciation of the artists initials, R.T. He came from a distinguished Russian family, and his father served as an admiral in the Russian fleet. The artist moved to Paris, France, in 1912, and changed his name from Romain to Erte to avoid embarrassing his family, who wished that he would follow in his father's footsteps. Erie worked for fashion designer Paul Poiret (French, 1879-1944) from 1913 to 1914. In 1915, he landed a contract with Harper's Bazaar, illustrating and designing covers. Throughout his lifetime, the artist designed over 240 covers for that magazine. He was most famous for his fashion designs and was often called The Father of Art Deco. He was also a costume and set designer, and some of the most notable silent films he worked on included Paris, Ben Hur, and Dance Madness. His most famous image is Symphony in Black, a serigraph of a woman wearing black holding a black dog. Other works include Lust and Pink Lady. During the 1940s and the 1950s, the artist fell into relative obscurity.

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36 x 36 x 2 in

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